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of track was patrolled. and all trains
dered to give it a clear track. Much of the dis
lance the train ran fifty miles per hour.
O. B. Grant, assistant engineer of mainte-
nance of way the j.. NJ. & L.. severed his
connection with the road Saturday, and has
accepted better position the Gulf Colorado
e Santa Fe road, under General Manager Phil
lips.
The Lake Erie e. Western gives notice that
with their Midland fast-freight line, they are
now competitors for west bound business. and
will make speciality of fast AS all the
lines how obliged to maintain rates, it is only
on time that one has an advantage over the
other.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania Company is
to secure control of the Louisville. Cincinnati s.
Dayton road, thirteen miles of which is built.
Ii the report be true the project will go fur
ther. The truth Of the report. however, may safe
ly be questioned, as on portions of the proposed
line there has been no suspension of grading.
One line agent made the charge last that
the Il. 81 O. kankakee DISPATCH, which seems
TO have the under hold on export business, was
cutting rates; but on investigation they with
drew the allegation, General Manager Nconan
convincing the party making the charge that he
did not care to subject himself to fine of $1,000
to secure business to please competitor
The new system of baggage-checkine which
the Bee-line is to introduce. allowing the bag
gage transfer companies to check baggage from
the homes hotels of travellers through to
the destination in other cities, affects baggage
going between New York, Boston, Albany. Sara
toga. Buffalo. Cleveland. Cincinnati. IndianAp-
oils, Chicago and St Louis.
Another effort is making to establish q divis-
ion of the National Railroad Brakemens Associ-
alton at Indianapolis. The boys at this point
a good deal behind in this matter. There is
ample material from which to form large and
prosperous association and to do a good deal of
charitable work. At nearly all other important
railroad centers outside of Indiana there are
hourishing organizations of brakemen.
The election of ]. d. Laying president of
the Decline is looked upon in the higher railroad
circles as very fortunate for the stockholders.
The New York Central people are heartily in ac-
cord with all movements he makes, and act
largely on his suggestions. few months will
work surprising changes in the financial and
physical condition of the property if Mr.. Laying
carries out his programme, which he is likely to
do
Matters still drag at the new steel rail MILL
and the probabilities are that the new machinery
for handling the rails is failure. and the COM
pany will be Obliged to return to the old
method of using buggies. and employing hook
Should this prove to be the it will DO
disappointment. as the handling of the blooms
by machinery would work great saving in ex-
penses, and give this mill handsome advantage
over most of its competitors.
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Funeral of DIR. RawIs.

Special to tine indianapolis Journal
CoNNERsvILLE, June 1.-THE funeral of DR..
David Rawls took place to-day under the aus
pieces Of the Masonic order, of which he was
prominent aud lifelong member. Il was the
largest funeral known here for many years, the
cortege extending over many squares. Near a
hundred Masons were in line including Raper
Commandery, of Indianapolis. Prominent Ma
sons were also present from Rushville. Liberty.
Brownsville and other places. The ceremony
was very impressive and the floral emblems
were profuse. Judge Elliott conducted the
Masonic ceremony in an unusually feeling man
ner- Harry Adams and quite a number of other
prominent citizens of Indianapolis were also
preseut
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ILLINOIS,
Report of the State Bureau Concerning the
Weather and the Crops.

Report of the State Bureau Concerning the
Weather and the Crops.
SPRINGFIELD, June 1.-THE Illinois State
Weather Service furnishes the following data
concerning the weather and the various crops
during the week ending June IL, 1887: The
weather has been slightly warmer than usual
throughout the State, excepting in the eastern
and western sections OF the central grand divis-
ion. where it was reported as slightly cooler. A
general excess of rainfall is reported in the
southern half of the State, and slight defcie ncy
in the northern half. All crops were very
favorably affected by the climatic condi-
tons or the past week. Corn continues
in very good condition except in Clinton county,
where it is reported that chinch bugs are doing
considerable damage The oats crop is reported
in a very good condition in the central and
southern grand divisions and improving In
appearance in the norther division. The condi-
ton of wheat is reported excellent in the CEN
trail division improving in the north ern division
with no apparent change in the southern divis-
ion, in the extreme southern part of which har-
vestIng has commenced. Grass lands ere in a
good condition in the central and southern diyis-
ion but continue very poor in the central part
OF the northern division.
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Local and state Nots..


There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 9.735 cars; Belt road engines handled 800
carloads of live stock.
The Terre Haute & Peoria road has contracted
with the Litchfeid works to build two hun
dred box cars equipped with the Wagner car
door, and to be of AZ, 900 pounds capacity.
The Vandalia and the Terre Haute & Peoria
roads have established a fast-freighr line be-
tween Indianapolis and Peoria. There is to be
no delay q: the connecting point of the two roads.
President Quieley, of the Toledo. St Louis &
Kansas City road, is west looking over matters.
He expects to have the entire line standard
gauge between Toledo and St. Louis by Oct l.
The c.. Fl. & D. has turned all of its west
bound business billed beyond Indianapolis over
to the Vandalia- For some mouths past the l.
& St L. has been their western line out of Indi-
annapolis.
The earnings of the Chicago. Pittsburg & ST.
Louis road for May show an increase over those
of the corresponding month 1886 of $51 $50.
The Ohio Southern increased its earnings this
year So SGD.
The special train carrying the Boston CONNER
cial Clab left Chicago at ii r NJ. Saturday night,
made the run to FIT. Wayne over the P. = Fit. w.
& c.. l4S miles. in three hours and twenty-five
minutes, and the run to Pittsburg in ten hours
and fifty minutes stopping only at railroad cross
ings and for inspection. The time two
hours and fifty minutes quicker than the fastest
express train over this road makes. Every mile
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIES.

Peter B. Sweeny returned from Paris by the
steamer La Bretsgne. which arrived at New
York yesterday.
The Governor Of the State of Sonora, Mexico,
has offered reward of $500 for the head OF each
hostile Apache Indian.
The body of Geo. r. Parks, an actor who dis
appeared June 1, was found yesterday in Boston
harbor Mr. Parks is believed to have commit
ted suicide.
John George a Frenchman, slept in barn at
Sandusky. o., last night. The barn was de-
stroyed by fire and George burned to death He
was a laborer
Among the 1900 emierants landed at Castle
Garden yesterday were sixteen penniless Greeks
from Syria. Commissioners Stevens said he
would be in favor of sending them back.
Captain A. j. Landman was brutality murdered
Yazoo City, Miss, Saturday night, by
Walter and Ben Collum. because of an old feud
Walter was subsequently, caught, and posse is
on Ben's track.
On Saturday night, near Jamestown O., Peter
Betters. colored. ex-penitentiary convict,
murdered Mrs. Martha Thomas, a widow coll
ored, sixty five years old, with whom ne boarded
Mrs Thomas much respected. Betters is
under arrest. and in danger of being lynched.
Wallace Hardy (colored) alias Hoge Wallace.
of Greensboro, KY, shot and instantly killed
Jim Williams (colored). yesterday morning.
Hardy accused Williams of mistreating his
mother. and upon his denial drew a pistol and
ired with fatal effect Hardy has bad reputa-
ion, while Williams of a peaceable and
luiet disposition. The latter leaves widow
and five children. Hardy was arrested later,
while asleep. with his pistol lying by his side
Michael Scherer, aged 80 years. was shot and
fatally wounded, last night, at Pittsburg, by
chris Burkhardt. Scherer accused Burkhardt
cheating him out of 800 This enraged the
after that be sent his son home for revolver.
When the boy returned, Burkhardt took the
weapon. and leveling it at Scherer, fred twice,
both shots taking effect in Scherers body.
Burkhardt is in Jail. The injured man is still
wing. but cannot recover. Both men were in
oxicated.
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Fall of a Huge Meteor.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
EVANSVILLE, June ia report reached tn is
city, this evening. that meteoric stone had
fallen St Joseph, in .his county, this
morning The stone fell about eight miles from
this city, and not far from the
village of st. Joseph. 1t was heralded bya
sharp sound ard slight jar. which was at once
regarded as an earthquake. 1t was soon ascer-
tanned that enormous projectle had pierced
the atmosphere and hurled itself with
great force against the earth. It
was found to have imbedded itself in the earth
to depth of fifteen feet, and in descending had
struck large tree which shattered into
fragments. Several pieces of the stone were
found about the cavity whore it had entered the
earth. These, upon examination, were found
composed largely of obsidian and are extremely
hard. They also had very strong sulphurous
smell. The specimens have been sent for The
mbedded stone will require considerable labor
to reach. Several persons thinking of pro-
ceeding at once to the place and securing it if
possible.
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Minor Notes.

w. r. Wilson has been elected school super
intendent of Henry county.
Ed Seybert. of Doewood. a suburb of Ander-
son, fooled with a self-acting revolver and sent
32caliber ball through his knee. He will be q
cripple the remainder Of his life.
Charles Bowers, a constable of Butler town
ship, Miami county. has been sentenced to two
years in the northern prison. disfranchised for
two years and fined 81. for accepting a bribe of
$40 and permitting prisoner to escape.
George Phelps, who, for twenty-one years
past has been teamster to the Hooser bending
factory. in Wabash. on Friday was kicked by
horse which he was currying Phelps's injuries
were not considered of a serious character, but
he gradually grew worse and died.
Albert Moore the foreman Of a saw mill few
miles west of Rochester, was engaged in saving
logs. when his right foot slipped from the car
riage and coming in contact with the circular
saw the member was severed at the ankle, then
Just below the kree and again above the knee
throwing the limb thirty feet away. The I'M
fortunate fellow died in a few minutes there
after.
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Hunt ting for Gas.

The drill in well No. Of the New Castle Nat
ural-gas Company struck Trenton rock on Friday
morning and on Saturday morning had reached a
depth of forty feet in the rock without any indi-
cation of gas. Money was raised to shoot" the
WELL which will be done soon a the arrange
ments can be made The contract has been let
for third WELL which will be commenced at
once.
After several tedious delays work on the gas
we'll at Greencastle is progressing rapidly. The
well is now about six hundred feet deep. Six
inch casing has been put down to a depth of 300
feet, and below that fourinch casing is used.
According to present indications Trenton rock
will be found at a depth of about nine hundred
feet, which fact regarded by experts as exceed
ingly favorable for the finding Of gas.
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Vandalia Matters.

| vAn0aua Matters.
A lawyer who keeps himself well posted
CARDS railroad deals, intimates that the names Of
two directors of the affairs OF he Pennsylvania
road will appear in the to- be-elected direct
| ors of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
James McCrea tells a reporter of the Pittsburg
Dispatch shat there is truth in the report that
Mr.. McKeen sold the Vandala line because he
was not in accord with the views of the Pennsyl-
vania Company officials He sold the road, Mr..
McCrea says. simply because he felt that the
time had come when he could get the top-notch
price for it.
A high official of the Pennsylvania road has
been talking quite freely with a representative
of the New York press regarding the Vandalia
deal. "Mr. Henry C. Ives" he said, lis getting
control of the Vandalia line, but when the true
situation of himself and associates in stepping
into Mr.. w. r. McKeen's shoes becomes appar-
ent as 1t will shortly. they will find that they
have paid rather dearly for their whistle" The
Pennsylvanias rights remain the same whether
Mckeen runs the road. or Ives. or anybody else.
equal privileges over the line to St. Louis. 1t
do with his successor. 1t alb
solutely the Vandalia road proper from
Terre Haute to ST. Louis. The present
Pennsylvania Company management is not
responsible for the lease made of
its Vandalia road to the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis company. The existing condition of af-
fairs is an inheritance from former administra-
ton. The company has been dissatisfied with
McheenS lnterprotatiOn OF This lease Tor years,
but has been patient with him. until a state of
affairs had been reached when McKeen knew a
settlement would be demanded at early day.
Instead OF being a grand coup by the Baltimore
& Ohio. resulting in carving a monstrous slice
out of the Pennsylvania property. it is nothing
more than the purchase of lot of hasty specu-
lators of the Terre Haute & Indianapoli line
between Indianapolis & Terre Haute. the Penn
sylvania Company being able, at its will, to get
back it's Vandaa road, and by connecting with
the c.. c., c. & 1. road at Terre Haute, use
that road into Indianapolis under an agreement
made with the c., c., c. & /. company several
years ago."
On Saturday the c.. H & D. succeeded in Sc
curing a through wire between Cincinnati and
St. Louis. by attaching their wire the wire
running into the Office of Fl. p. Wetsell, general
agent at this point and this now becomes the
repeating Office.
The Terre Haute Mail says that the election
of George Harrington assistan secretary of the
Vandalia means that he is to look after the
affairs of the Vandalia as general agent. The
Mail adds that long he is there the road
will look like Terre Haute institution.
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INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS
The Perrin & Calf Company Get Into a
Legal Squabble with State officials.
Fall of Huge Meteoric Stone in Vanderburg
County-Funeral of the Late DR.. Raws
at COnnersville-Notes and Gleanings. .
INDIANA.
The Legal Fight Between Perrin Sc Gaff and
the State Authorities.

The Legal Fight Between Perrin & Gaff and
the State Authorities.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal
JEFFERsoSvTLLE, June 1.-The Perrin & Gaff
Manufacturing Company, for a number OF years
contractors doing business at the Prison South,
have got into legal squabble with the State.
The State has a claim of SIP, 900 against the
company for convict labor employed by th en-.
Yesterday morning a writ of attachment was
received by Sheriff Hay from the Attorney gen.
eral, and ne Immediately levied on all the
machinery owned by the firm. and stored at
NJ. r. Sweeney q Bros warehouse in the east
part of the city. The Perrin e. Gaf COM
pany has a claim of sc, 900 against the State.
which they say has never been satisfied Soon
after the company began business at the prison
the old shops which they were occupy
ing burned down. necessitating the erec-
ton of new ones The Perins erect
ed new ones at cost of $4,000,
with an understanding between themselves and
Jack Howard, then warden of the prison, that
they were to be reimbursed the amount expended
in erecting the new buildings. The amount has
never been reimbursed and hence their refusal
to pay the claim held against them by the Stat e.
The case will come up in the Circuit Court next
week. and will. in all probability. before it is
settled, be carried to the United States Court.
The Perns worth millions. and will fight the
case to the bitter end.
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Brief Mention.

Mrs Franz Krantz and husband, on trial at
Yorkvile. were acquitted of the charge of muir
dering Mrs krantz's former husband Fred
Shoger, in February. 1856. by poison. The trial
occupied eight days. and was very exciting
Gen. John C. Black Commissioner of Pen
sicns. was rendered a reception at Springfield
Friday night and delivered a short speech IL
Is intimated that the General is seeking the
nomination for Vice-president on the Demo
cratic ticket
The excited condition of the people OF Tuscola
and the serious talk of lynchng Joseph Glaze
who assaulted Fannie Glaze, nine years of age
caused Deputy Sheriff Cutler take his prisoner
out of jail, and by a strategic movement get him
on board of the cars. when he was transferred to
the Charleston Jail for ssfekeeping.
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A Freight War Threatened.

special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, June The agreement recently
made between the Eastern joint committee
roads and the roads between Chicago and the
Missouri river for the adjustment of the difficult
ties regarding the division of rates at the
Mississippi river and other junction points,
the Eastern and Western roads is likely to be
renewed at an early day. 1t is claimed that sew
Missouri river trafie from Mississippi river
points, regardless of the agreement.
This is particularly the case on traffic
via junction points west and southwest from
Chicago. The Rock Island. it is claimed is
taking business via Seneca at from to 10 cents
less than the agreed basis The matter is now
and if he finds that the facts are as stated there
will undoubtedly be another fight between East
ern and Western roads
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Obituary.

NEWPORT. r. l., June 12-Job l. Langley, an
ex-member of the city government. and promi-
nent in business circles died tonight his res
idence in this city
BosToN June Thames N Boffum. former
ly a prominent worker in the anti-slavery cause,
and active in politics, died to-day, aged seventy
years. He was noted for his charities
Boston, June 12.-Brgadier-e general Charles
F. Walcott died suddenly. Saturday night, off
Gooseberry island. With his and two
others he rowed down to Salem harbor, Satur-
day, aud it is thought that he ruptured a blood
vessel. General Wacott so years Of age
Since the war he has practiced law IN Boston.
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c., III. & ID. MoveIn ents.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND Ind, June 1L-CoL E. A. Peck,
chief engineer and a party of ten men began.
this afternoon, a survey of q route TO Jonesboro
by which the O., II. & D. proposes building
from this city to connect with the c., w. & NJ,
and on to Chicago. A committee of citizens also
had a conference with c., H. & D. officials, last
evening concerning southern extension from
here to intersect the c., FL. e I, at Connersville.
and Vice president Waite is to be here in a few
days to investigate representations made to him.
1t would be, with the link between Richmond
and Eaton, already supplied, the continuation of
the branch they will build from Dayton to
Eaton, which was originally desigr I'D to inter-
sect the c., II. 81 ]. at Liberty.
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The Death of w. e. Sheridan.

San FRANCISCO. June 12.-Further particu-
lars Of the death of the tragedian. William E.
Sheridan, have been detailed by the captain of
the steamship Alameda. which arrived yesterday
from Australia Mr.. Sheridan was in moor
health while IN Australia. While sitting as
spectator in a Sydney theater, on the
3 o'clock the following morning. having rem aimed
unconscious from the time of being taken i'll
Mrs. Sheridan reached her husbands side two
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Steamship News.

LONDON June I2.-Tbe steamer Hammonia
from New York for Hamburg, passed the
Lizard to-day The steamer LaGascogne, from
New York for Hsvre, arrived there to-day. The
steamer Aurania. from New York for Liverpool,
arrived at Queenstown to-day.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Arrived: LaBretagne,
from Havre Anchoria, from Glasgow; Europa,
from Hamburg
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Shot Dead by His Father-in-Law.

De LEON. Tex, June 12-J. T. Allison shot
morning about 10 o'clock. It seems that Scott
married Allison's daughter about five months
ago. She went back her father. and Scott
went over and compelled his wife to go with
him. He then took his wife and came to town
take the train to De Leon. Allison followed
him and shot him with q shotgun through the
neck and shoulders. Scott shot Allison through
ne shoulder Allison is in critical condition
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hours after his death, having been summoned
from Adelaide. whore she filling engage
ment Mr. Sheridan. just before his departure
his Australian tour wrote the following
selection from Louis III in a San Francisco
friends album: PRAY for me, Pray. / entrear.
Pray, command" The page upon which the
tragedian wrote was blue, and he added:
My last words in Frisco. Yours. in remembrance
of sojourn sometimes pleasant, sometimes sad.
w. E. SHERIDAN.
P. S-The blue is thoroughly Indicative of me.
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Franeis Murphy's Opinion.

PlttsDHrR
Francis Murphy is home from visit to Iowa
of sufficient duration to enable him to judge of
the practical results of prohibitory legislation in
that State, and he pronounces the law failure
in so far the accomplishment OF any good is
concerned Mr.. Murphy has had many tilts with
our Incorporate advocates of temperance, the
Prohibitionists, and can now expect them to once
more pour out the walls of their wrath upon his
head
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Locating a New York Church.

New YORK Evening Post.
In consulting real estate agents, and even
most successful business men, about a SITE it is
almost impossible to rid their minds of the idea
that in building church the probability of
having to sell it before lorg must be kept in
view. Some of them seem almost persuaded
that the Almighty does not care much for
worship on a lot which will not bring what it
originally cost in the market, and that both
prayer and praise are more effective if the real
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Youthful Politician.
Pittsburg Dispat

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Teacher-Johnny, how is the President of the
United States elected
Johnny-By New York State.
"Oh. no, Johnny. That's wrong. Try again. -
well, that's what my pa says, and he's presi
dent of the Ninety second Ward Jackson Club"
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faith hope. charity these three, but the greatest
of these is charity" than is the kindly gentleman
whose right hand has not known what the left
hand has done. sure of long life and peace here
and his reward on the other side
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Three Children Burned to Death.

MINNEAPoLIs, June IA special to the
Tribune from Winnipeg says the residence of a
farmer named James Edwards. living in Town
ship Menota, South Manitoba, burned last
and his wife jumped from upstairs window,
taking two other children, or all would have
persisted.